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My new book is progressing well. There is already so much local interest, as it is about Islanders. The cover is currently being designed and […]

On Monday I did my longest run for several months. It was across the downs from Brighstone to Carisbrooke, near the Rowridge mast. It was […]

On Monday I decided to have a day out and headed to Wimborne to watch the Southern League West play-off game between Wimborne and Swindon […]

Monday was a day of mixed emotions. I went to the funeral of Mick Kirk, an old friend. He was a superb footballer in his […]

On Monday we left Chester at 9-45 am and arrived back in Godshill at around 5-15pm. It was not feet-up time after our long drive. […]

Saw a brilliant show at the Mayflower, Southampton, on Tuesday night. Titanic – The Musical is a superb show and it’s simply one of the […]

I do love meeting up with real old friends and this happened on Tuesday afternoon when I went to Ryde to meet up again with […]

I was very sad to hear about the death of Eric Bristow. What a character he was? I interviewed him at least three times and […]

When I went to bed early on Monday morning it was snowing hard and I was worried I might not make Wilf Pine’s funeral, just […]

The week got off to a real sad start with the death of Ken Dodd. I have such happy memories of our 1996 trip to […]